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Slitherine and Matrix Games Announce Commander Europe at War Grand Strategy 2.0

Slitherine (www.slitherine.com) and Matrix Games are thrilled to announce the MILITARY HISTORY™ Commander – Europe at War Grand Strategy 2.0 expansion. This expansion was created by the community for the community and is completely free to anyone who has MILITARY HISTORY™ Commander - Europe at War! This expansion will be available for PC and Mac next Tuesday, May 31st.

This expansion has taken years to produce and thousands of man hours from a dedicated collection of people from artists to programmers, manual writers and layout experts. The end result takes this great game to a whole new level. Some of the biggest changes are listed here:

Airborne divisions and para-drops

Cross platform multiplayer support for PC vs. Mac

German SS and Soviet Guards Elite Units

Amphibious landings against defended coastal hexes

Geo-political elements, which include:

French armistice (which the axis may accept or reject)

Early Italian entry if insufficient allied naval presence in the Med

Tension in the Balkans

Spanish activation as axis or allied minor ally

Turkeyactivation as axis or allied minor ally

Finnish armistice

Romanian and Bulgaria surrender and activation as allied minor ally

Consequences for allied aggression (e.g., UK invasion of Ireland).

Canadian, Australian, Polish and Indian Commonwealth units and leaders

Headquarter units

More and greater variability of leadership ranging from Army Groups (Fronts), Armies and Corps

Ferry crossings

Ability to swap positions of two units of the same service type (i.e., ground, air or naval).

Reinforcement of sub groups at sea

Leased air bases (Azores, Iceland, Greenland)

Maltanaval and air bases factor into the interdiction and counter-interdiction of axis supply of North Africa

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